New Jersey

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7,836 square miles (20,295 square kilometers). Trenton. NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.

New Jersey

noun

1. Abbreviation: N.J..  NJ. a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic and Delaware Bay: mostly low-lying, with a heavy industrial area in the northeast and many coastal resorts. Capital: Trenton. Pop: 8 638 396 (2003 est). Area: 19 479 sq km (7521 sq miles)

New Jersey

1. State in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware Bay to the south and west, and Pennsylvania to the west. Its capital is Trenton, and its largest city is Newark.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• New Jerseyite noun
• New Jerseyan noun

Example Sentences

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said services activity in the state, as well as in parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, contracted sharply in October.

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A New Jersey teenage girl whose real photo was allegedly transformed by a classmate into at least one fake-nude image is suing the developer of the “clothes removal” software that was used.

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Illinois, New Jersey and California — each solidly Democratic — lost between 31% and 70% of what they were initially told to expect.

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He was working as an actor and living in northern New Jersey when he moved with his wife and their two kids to her home state of Kentucky.

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A New Jersey Democrat has given up trying to make the case for her agenda.

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